Shade-bracket.



, PATENTED SEPT. 1904. W. 0. WEED. SHADE BRACKET;

I APPLICATION FILED APR. 13, 1904 I No MODEL.

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r UNITEDV'STATES "PATENT, OFFICE.

. WILLIAM o. WEED, on MEDFORD, OR GON, AssienoR or ONE-HALF To JUDSON e. eoB E, or MEDFORD, onneon.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 769,367, da ed. September 6, 1904.

Application filed April 13, 1904. Serial No. 203,011. (No model.)

T (all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM O. WEED, a

ford, in the county of Jackson and State of.

Oregon,fhave invented new and useful Improvements in Shade-Brackets, of which the following is a specification;

My invention pertains to shade-brackets; and it consists in the peculiar and advantageous brackethereinafterdescribed,and particularly pointed out in the claims appended.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure'l is a front elevation of my novel bracket as the same appears when properly secured on the face of a sash-frame. Fig. 2 is a transverse section, on an enlarged scale, taken through the body and the slide of the bracket at one side of the set-screw carried by the latter. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the bracket removed; and Fig. 4 is an end elevation of the body of the bracket, illustrating the stops at the ends of the flanges thereon.

Similar letters designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings, referring to which- A is the body of my novel bracket.

- B is the slide adjustable in the body in the direction of thelength thereof, and C is the set-screw for adjustably fixing the slide with respect to the body so as to fit the slide to the length of the curtain to be supported.

The body A is preferably, though not essentially, formed of sheet metal, and it has a base-plate a, provided with apertures b for the passage of attaching-screws c and longitudinal inturned flanges cl on the lower and upper edges of the said plate. These flanges have their ends turned inwardly toward the face of the plate a, as indicated by 6, so as to form stops, which have for their purpose to prevent casual removal of the slide from the body. As shown best in Fig. 2, the said slide is formed of one piece of material, preferably sheet metal, and 'is made up of a body portion f, movable in thebodyA between the flanges 0Z thereof and having a central screw-tapped aperture g and an arm h extending at right angles from one end of the body portion f and provided with either a notch it, as shown, or an aperture, according to the end of the shade-roller which it is to hold. The saidarm hisprovided immediately adjacent to the body f with notches i, which approximately.correspondin depth to and snugly. receive the flanges d of the body A, as best shown-in Fig. v2. In virtue of the said notches i snugly receiving the flanges d posed on it.

The center of the body portion f of the slide .13 is bellied, as illustrated, and in the concavity thus formed at the inner side of the slide portion a filling j, of metal, is placed. This filling increases the length of the bearing of the screw C and is provided with a countersink in to receive an enlargement Z on the inner end of the-screw, which enlargement has for its purpose to prevent removal of the screw from the slide. While I have specifically described the filling in the back of the body portion f of the slide, I desire it understood that said filling may be omitted when desired and the said bodyportion made flat without involving a departure from the scope The screw G is first inserted of my invention. in the threaded aperture 9 in the body portion f of slide B, and then the enlarge-mentl is formed by upsetting the inner endof the screw.

In theipractical use of my novel bracket the body A is connected to the face of a sashframe, as shown in Fig. 1, after which the slide B is adjusted in the body until it is in the exact position to suit the curtain to be held, when the screw 0 is turned inwardly to adjustably fix the slide with respect to the body and against casual movement.

It will be appreciated from the foregoing that in virtue of the stops formed by turning the ends 0 of the flanges d inwardly casual disconnection of the slide B from the body when the screw 0 is loosened is precluded, and hence the bracket may be freely handled as one piece without liability of any of its parts being lost. The notches c' of the slide B serve, by receiving the flanges d of the body, to hold the body portion of the slide against lateral movement in the body, and thereby contribute materially to the facility with which the slide may be adjusted. Said notches e', in connection with the flanges d, also serve to materially strengthen the device as a whole.

Notwithstanding the advantages of my novel bracket as pointed out in the foregoing, the same is neat and compact in appearance, and hence is enabled to enhance rather than detract from the finished appearance of a window-casing.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. In a shade-bracket, the combination with a body having inturned longitudinal flanges provided at their ends with inturned portions forming stops; of a slide comprising a body body formed of sheet 'metal, and having inturned longitudinal flanges, and also having the ends of said flanges bent inwardly to form stops, and a slide comprising a body movable between the flanges and the stops of the body, and an arm extending outwardly from said body portion.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM O. WEED. Witnesses:

M. PURDIN, LEONARD S. HOPFIELD. 

